Update - Debary Chicken Hearing

[Mindychick]

Thanks for the well wishes. Unfortunately they voted against me, 3 were on my side, 1 against, and 1 on the fence but he finally sided with 'against' because my neighbor brought up health concerns. He said his wife is immuno-supressed because of her lymphoma and he thinks she is going to get histoplasmosis because I have chickens.

That claim is total bullhockey but I have contacted a lawyer and am going to be challenging the board. I will also be working towards bringing in a new chicken ordinance that will allow a small number of hens.

I would really like if members of the Chickens for Deltona movement would help me in designing this ordinance for Debary. I would like to work closely with you in order to bring chicken ordinances to our fair sister cities.

Thank you.

I've worked in the healthcare field for over 25 years, and have accesed the Mayo Clinic on histoplasmosis . Unless his wife is in your coop she has no way in contracting histoplasmosis. Here is some information I have pulled for you. Also last time I looked we live in FLORIDA!!!! She has a better chance picking up the flu than histoplasmosis, and if his wife is so ill, why is she not on reverse precautions??? Was she at this meeting??? If so was she masked??? If she was there and she wasn't masked then she cannot be as "immuno-supressed as he thinks. Also the ordinance I sent you from Pinellas County states that you need " a minimum of 10 feet from the rear and side property line." That would also prevent histoplasmosis as you would need a really strong wind and she would have to be hanging over the fence and breathe in the spores at that exact time. It sounds to me that the council needs to check out the facts before they get egg on their face. LOL

Well good luck to you,

Melinda

Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by breathing in spores of a fungus often found in bird and bat droppings. Histoplasmosis is most commonly transmitted when these spores become airborne, often during cleanup or demolition projects.
Soil contaminated by bird or bat droppings also can transmit histoplasmosis, so farmers and landscapers are at a higher risk of the disease. In the United States, histoplasmosis most commonly occurs in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.
Most people with histoplasmosis never develop symptoms and aren't aware they're infected. But for some people — primarily infants and those with compromised immune systems — histoplasmosis can be serious. Effective treatments are available for even the most severe forms of histoplasmosis.

 

[Mindychick]

Previous post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...talking-with-code-enforcement/30#post_9423687

I have a hearing at City Hall in 2 days to plead my case in front of the commissioners.

I want all of you to pull out ANYTHING that someone might say about chickens that is negative so I can have a response ready. I want sources to back it up as well. I have several already but I need more - especially anything about rats, because for some reason the neighbor is convinced that my chickens made rats magically appear.

I am tired, just started a new job which makes me get up at 5am, and have about a billion things I need to do. I am calling on you guys for help, because a hundred heads are better than one exhausted one!

Thanks in advance, and I welcome discussion - especially if you have heard WEIRD things that people think about chickens. I don't want to have a single question that I am unprepared for. Do your worst... or best.

Thank you!

Hi,

Wondering if there is any updates??? I been watch the local news and no follow up yet. Hopeing for good news.